Hose construction.



Uma-smeer @mee oAssrUsM. CLAY Barni), or nviinsroii, ILLINoIs.

HOSE CONSTRUCTIGN.

' Specication of Letters Eatent. Application led August 31, 1908. Serial No. 450,988. l

.Patenten sept. es, ieee.

, Todallwhom it may concern:

Be it known that l, CAssiUs M. CLAY BAIRD,

4a citizen of the Unitedy States ot' America,4 .and a resident of Evanston, county of Cook, State of llinois, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Hose Constructions, of which thev following is a specification.

The main objects of this invention are to provide an improved construction' for -iire and mill hose of the larger sizes which are i usuallytlat when empty, and to provide an improved method of securing the rubber lining in hose of this kind whereby pinching of'zltlie lining along the creases. of the hose, when iriattened, is to a large extent prevented, and the lite ot the hose accordingly greatly increased,l y i A further object is Ato reduce the expensel of manufacturing such hose by reducing the quantity of cement which is `needed for securing the lining to ,fthe casing.

These objects are accomplished by the da viceshowii in the accon'ipaiiying drawings, in whichw Figure l is atransverse section of a lire hose constructed according to this invention.. Fig. 2 is a corresponding section showing the hose flattened out as when it is stored on a rack or a-reel. Fig. 3 is a similar section of a tire hose of the usual construction, showing the Wrinkling Vof thelining which takes place along the creases of the casing When flattened. Fig. 4 is a section (corresponding to Fig. l) of a fire hose or" the usual construction. lFig. 5 is a side elevation illustrating the pinching and straining ot the lining of a double-jacheted fire hose of usual construction at the point Where the hose is bent upon itself, as when piled upon a rack, the sectional part being in the plane corresponding to the line A-A in Fig. 3. F ig. G is a similar view illustrating the folding of a doublc-jacketed hose vwherein the lining is free from the casing adjacent tothe longitudinal creases, asin this invention, the sec# tional part being inthe plane of the line B-B of Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a similar view of the ordinary double-jacketed hose illustrat ing `another Way in which the ordinary doublejackcted hose sometimes bends.

In the form shown in Figsl, 2, and 6, the hose is provided with a flexible casing 1 which may be of any usual construction and of any suitable material, being illustrated ynent form correspoi as being formed of Woven cohzon.v The in terior of the casing is provided With a tubular lining 2 ofrubber. Tie casing is creased longitudinally at 3 along opposite sides,r that it normally assumes the flat form shown in Fig. 2 when it is empty and stacked upon a rack or Wound 'upon a reel.. The lining 2 is free from the casing along' the creases 3 and for a considerable distance eacliside of each crease, and the remaining portions are irmly ceineiited'to the casing l. By t iis arrangement `the lining may bend alonguhe crease independent-ly of the casing Wlienthc casing is flattened. out as in F Fig. 3 shows the usual cons"A tic-tion Wherein, the rubber lining is cement lund its entire -periphery to the This View, illustrates the pinching and distortion of the lining which takes place along the creases or' the casing.' Rubber, is well known, grad.- ually loses its resiliency, particularly if it is subjected to continued strain, and as the hose is in its tint-tened position most of tlietiinc, the rubber lining gradually,takes a perina- .fig with that shown iii ldig. f5, and then. when the hose is filled with Water under pressure the strain soon causes -vt'hicli lies adjacent to the creases of the casing.

When the lining is free from the casing adjacent to the creases, as in Figs. i. and it, instead .of being compressed circumferentially and .vrin ding in Fig.' 3, it takes an easy curve and assumes the position shown in Fig. 2. lilith this construction, the life of the part otlie lining which extends alcig the creases is substantially the same as that of the intermediate parts, and the life oit' the hose is therefore increased many fold. This construction also leads to a large reduction in the cost of manufacture of the hose, since the value of the cement for attaching the lining tothe casing is usually a large item in the cost of ,the hose. Sufficient cement in'ust be supplied to lill all of the irregularitiesl in the woven casing so that the lin- .ing will lie smoothly against the saine.`

When the construction is asin Figs. 1 and-2,v practically one-fourth of the lining of the hose is unattached to the casing, and a saving of that percentage of the cement results. hose which has a double casing, commonly called double-jacket hose, much damage to the lining is causedrby the bending of the hose upon. itselfat intervals of its length' when it is stacked in racks.. Thezetfect of this transverse bending is most serious in the vicinity of the longitudinal creases. Inthis case, besides the wrinkling along the longitudinal creases, as illustrated in Fig. 3, there is also transverse wrinkling as in Figs. 5 and 7. These two figures represent two Ways in which the, double acket hose ordinarily bends when folded upon'itsel. Under the,

conditions illustrated in Fig. 5, the hose takes a double bend, and the inner partv of the lining is compressed and puckered, while under the conditions illustrated in Fig. 7 the inner side of vthe casing makes a sharp bend, but the outer side of the lining becomes compressed and puckered under the pressure of the outer' side of the easing. When .the lining is free from the casing along the crease, as in the herein described invention, the double-jacket hose takes a graceful bend, such as is shown in.Fig. 6, as

the lining is tree -toadapt itself to the space A1n"whufh 1t is confined without being com` pressed and puchered, as in the case of the usual form of hose. Adjacent to the couplings the lining is cemented to the casing around its entire periphery, as there is no.

iattening or sharp creasing of the casing at this point. By such construction all chance of water entering between the casing and the 4tree parts of the lining is prevented.

The cement usually consists of rubber, and

` it therefore thickens the lining at the places where it is attached, and the attached parts ofthe lining stiften the adjacent parts of the' casing. The casing therefore 'bends more readily at places where the lining is thinner and vunattached. In ubending it takes a circular curvature, and-the lining follows this -rurvature without influencing the bending vof the casing or being strained and distorted thereby.`

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What I claim' as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is -d 1. A hose, comprising a yflexible tubular easing creased to assume a iiattened forni when empty, and a flexible tubular lining secured to said casing at places between the creases, but free from the casing along and ladjacent to the creases.

2; A hose, comprising a tubular casing creased along opposite sides t0 assume -`a iattened form when empty, and a tubular lining of rubber cemented to the casing bctween the creases, but free from the casingA i along and adjacent to the creases.

3. A hose, comprising a tubular easing adapted vto be iattencd when empty and a tubular lining of rubber cemented to the inner surface ot the casing, but being `t'ree from the casing at opposite sides thereof throughout substantially lthe entire length of the hose.

4. A hose, vcomprising t tubularY easing creased along opposite sides io assume a flattened fol-1n whenexnpty, and a tubular lining of rubber cemented to the casing'between the creases, but free -from the casing along and adjacent to the creases, the attached portions of the lining being parallel and of uniform width throughout substan-y tiall)y .'he entire length of the hose. Y

.7. .A hose, comprising a casing and a rnbber lining there'tor,.the lining being cemented to the caslng at certain parts and uncethe creases and unattached along and adjacent to the creases.

Signed at Chicago this 28 day of August CASSIUS M. CLAY BAIRD. Witnesses MARY M. DILLMAN, EUGENE A. RUMMLER, 

